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table is placed. Abbreviations are used to mark 

 the columns as follows: 



Sow — Meaning the date seed was sown. 

 Sp. — The date seed sprouted. 



3. Pot — The date plants were taken from flat and put into 

 3-inch pots. 



4. Pot — Date of shifting into 4-inch pots 

 Pit. — The date of planting outdoors. 

 Bios. The date of first blossoms. 



T. — The time elapsed from seed-sowing to blossom. 



Ripen. — The date of ripening. 



T. Bios. — The time from blossom to ripening. 



T. Seed — The time from seed to ripening. 



Done — The date of last picking. 



No. Pits. — The number of plants of the variety. 



A space on the extreme right is left for remarks. 



"Immediately below the line on which these 

 records are kept is one for yield. The mark, four 

 upright strokes crossed by another, represents 

 five tomatoes picked: the fraction 7/25 is the date 

 placed in the row, July 25, and is inserted to show 

 how the crop came on. After September 10 tomatoes 

 were measured. In the record of the peas the last 

 column is marked L and gives the length of the row 

 in feet. In recording vegetables by measure the 

 X is used to represent one peck, each leg being 

 one-quarter of a peck. Each vegetable has a 

 table arranged on this general basis to suit its needs. 



"By keeping a record I am able to estimate, al- 

 most to a day, when anything planted will be ready 

 for use, and also — and this is very important — 

 when it can be cleared away to make room for a 

 succession crop. Although some things planted 

 may be almost failures, yet the total value of the 



